Jimmy Anderson vs. Shota Imanaga — Career Comparison

Jimmy Anderson
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Shota Imanaga
MillenialJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Shota Imanaga a clear advantage over Jimmy Anderson across the core pitching metrics. Shota Imanaga led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 180 vs 92), strikeout rate (K%+ 106 vs 56), and run prevention (ERA+ 130 vs 84). Jimmy Anderson held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 137 vs 74). Shota Imanaga was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jimmy Anderson and Shota Imanaga

Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.91
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
1.5
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.39
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.68
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.74
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.31
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.72
34.72
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.57
68.57
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.69
78.69
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
346
5.42
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.28
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1724
27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574.2
9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
672
10.52
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
7.53
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.52
10.52
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.53
7.53
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.91
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.64
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
3.76
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.38
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
3.77
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
8.24
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.837
0.837
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.085
1.085
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.34
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2587
40.52
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1261
35.69
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
5.81
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
3.62
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.36
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.31
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.28
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.37
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.006
1.006
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2278
35.68
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1199
33.93
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.52
40.52
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.69
35.69

Fielding Stats for Jimmy Anderson and Shota Imanaga

Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.91
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.53
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
1.5
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.53
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1724
27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
27
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574.2
9
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
9
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.38
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.85
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.62
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
2.3
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.96
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
2.22
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.91
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.6
96.6
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.164
1.164
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.593
0.593
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.69
78.69
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmy Anderson and Shota Imanaga

Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
379.27
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
54
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
600
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
528.5
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
71.5
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
62.18
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.33
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.33
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.44
13.81
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
80.83
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
96.37
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
34.2
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.65
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
52.85
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.49
4.64
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
24.87
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
44
136.79
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.39
4.39
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
46.63
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.11
Shota Imanaga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Shota Imanaga
Career
Per 600 PA